iPods help doctors hear hearts

A study published Sunday at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology showed that a doctor’s ability to detect a heart problem was doubled after listening to heart sounds on an iPod.

Nearly 150 medical students listened to the five most frequent heart murmurs on an iPod 400 times in a single, 90-minute session for the study. That session improved the rate of detection by stethoscope from 40 to 80 percent among generalists.

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The study was done by Temple University cardiologist Michael Barrett, who said the ability to detect heart anomalies is essential to finding a range of cardiac problems and can reduce the number of unnecessary tests like echocardiograms and stress tests.

interesting info. i do like the ipod sound quality. the other thing that is interesting for me is to watch things like dvds on my ipod. the picture is excellent. i watch the dvds when i am traveling or commuting as a passenger. (not when i am the driver)
i got the software to transfer my dvds to my ipod at the above address.